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Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland Steve Finch (Royal Agricultural College, UK)

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland By Steve Finch (Royal Agricultural College, UK)

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland by Steve Finch (Royal Agricultural College, UK)


Summary

First published in 1966, Lockhart and Wiseman's crop husbandry including grassland remains a standard textbook for agriculture National Diploma courses, Foundation Degrees and BSc degrees. It is also useful for masters students entering agriculture from another discipline.

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland Summary

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland by Steve Finch (Royal Agricultural College, UK)

Increased yields, markets, and profitability have led to changes in crop husbandry. Since its first publication in 1966, revised editions of Lockhart & Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland have upheld and increased the book's good reputation. This ninth edition maintains its status as the standard textbook for many agricultural courses. Part one covers the principles of crop production with chapters concerning plants, climate, soil management, fertilizers, manures, weeds, and diseases threatening farm crops. Part two surveys crop husbandry techniques. Environmental impact has been addressed in greater detail in this edition. This section looks at issues such as sustainable crop management, precision farming, and organic crop husbandry. The way these general techniques apply to individual crops is explained in part three. This part considers a range of cereals, combinable break crops, root crops, industrial crops, and fresh produce crops. Part four looks at the use of grassland and forage crops, with chapters considering arable forage crops, the characteristics of grassland, and the corresponding methods for establishing and improving grassland. This part also includes information regarding equine grassland management and conservation of grass and forage crops. This ninth edition of Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland is relevant for students throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. It is a useful reference book for agriculture National Diploma courses, Foundation Degrees, and BSc degrees, and is important for Masters level students entering agriculture from another discipline.

About Steve Finch (Royal Agricultural College, UK)

Steve Finch, is Principal Lecturer in Crop Production at the Royal Agricultural University, UK Alison worked as an agronomist in South West England for many years before starting to teach crop production. She was a senior lecturer at several colleges and universities including the Royal Agricultural University and Plymouth University (Seale-Hayne campus) lecturing to diploma, degree and masters course students as well as on professional courses. Specialist crop husbandry subjects included soil science, crop production and protection as well as organic and sustainable farming systems. She was a contributing author to the 9th edition and now leads this 10th edition. Gerry P. Lane was formerly a Principal Lecturer at the Royal Agricultural University, UK.

Table of Contents

Part I: Principles of crop production 1. Plants 2. Climate and weather 3. Soils and soil management 4. Fertilisers and manures 5. Weeds of farm crops 6. Diseases of farm crops 7. Pests of farm crops Part II: Crop husbandry techniques 8. Cropping techniques 9. Sustainable crop management 10. Precision farming 11. Organic crop husbandry 12. Plant breeding and seed production Part III: The management of individual crops 13. Cereals 14. Combinable break crops 15. Root crops 16. Industrial crops 17. Fresh produce crops Part IV: Grassland and forage crops 18. Arable forage crops 19. Introduction to grass production/characteristics of grassland and the important species 20. Establishing and improving grassland 21. Grazing management 22. Conservation of grass and forage crops

Additional information

GOR009646066
9781782423713
1782423710
Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland by Steve Finch (Royal Agricultural College, UK)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Elsevier Science & Technology
20140715
608
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